postmodern
[ˈpɔstmoˌdɛʁn]
The verdict
“postmodern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die Postmoderne bezogen, zur Postmoderne gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-postmodern · postmodern · German
postmodern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postmodern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstmoˌdɛʁn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „postmodern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
postmodern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɔstmoˌdɛʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
postmodern has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is postmodern, spelled P-O-S-T-M-O-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1auf die Postmoderne bezogen, zur Postmoderne gehörend
- 2auf die Moderne folgend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postmodern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zur postmodernen Erfahrung gehört, mit der ständigen Produktion von Sinnlosigkeit fertig zu werden.“
„Sie ist zu einer modernen Geisterstadt geworden, zum postmodernen Tschernobyl der Vereinigten Staaten.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.